Bogotá 16/9/2002
Colombian anti-riot police shiled themselves after a small bomb blast while a student runs by during a protest by state workers in downtown Bogota, September 16, 2002. Public workers, joined by student activists, staged a one-day strike on Monday in the first major challenge to new cost cuts set by President Alvaro Uribe to help pay for a military build-up. Colombia is gripped by a 38-year-old guerilla war, and police were told to be on alert for possible infiltration by leftist rebels in the Monday protests. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez
Anti-riot police chase a student during a protest by state workers in downtown Bogota, September 16, 2002. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez
Colombian anti-riot police run after a small bomb blast during a protest by state workers in downtown Bogota, September 16, 2002. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez
El presidente colombiano, Alvaro Uribe, se enfrentó este lunes a su primera huelga general, a cargo de los trabajadores estatales y campesinos, que ordenaron un cese de actividades de 24 horas contra la política social y económica del gobierno.
Police escort a group of workers marching through the streets of Bogota during a nationwide strike of state workers to protest a government austerity plan, Monday, Sept. 16, 2002. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)